Peruna Endorsed By Sufferers In Early 20th Century Ads
William Pressor of Moline IL and A Thompson of Martel OH share experiences with catarrh and estarrh claiming relief after short-term Peruna use. Both praise the remedy and urge others to try it, noting prior failed treatments. Peruna Drug Mfg Co of Columbus Ohio markets the product and offers a free Peruna Almanac through distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Presser
Third Ave
Moline, LL
Mr. A. Thompson
Martel
Ohio
Reat
Feruna
Mf. Co
Columbus
Dist
Speedy One Reveals Quick Marriage Tale
A brief exchange notes that a typewriter expert clerk mentions a woman who married a wealthy employer in under three months, highlighting swift nuptial timing and social twist in a casual dialog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mias
Impossible Pursuit Across Inland Shore
Denny recounts to Jerry a dramatic chase by OF who wanders inland during shore leave. The pursuer knives at him, they flee for miles, through roads and woods, until a lake forces a leap to safety on the opposite bank. The pursuer remains enraged but thwarted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denny
Jerry
Everybody's Magazine
Yale Graduate Recalls Narrow Frontiersman Passport Moment
A Yale graduate, mistaken for a special envoy, presents a be ribboned royal document to a stern officer on the German frontier. The officer reads Latin, questions the parchment, and the graduate apologizes while the sacred roll is deemed sufficient. The exchange ends with relief and a quip about the diploma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Jerushy John
Honary
Scott
Bohemian
Estate owner discovers dream property description
The owner of a small country estate rejects a sale after an estate agent’s description reveals the very place he had long sought. Reading it a second time convinces him he already owns what he wanted, so he chooses not to sell now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchange
O. A. Kelley
Pel
Kelley
Springfeld Republican
Wise mother-in-law helps young woman with Postum coffee substitute
A Io woman credits her mother-in-law with teaching her to use Postum to ease stomach troubles and headaches from coffee withdrawal. She notes indigestion and complexion improved after switching, while describing her grandmother's similar coffee intolerance and later tea attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Reasons Why Some Children Learn Differently and Grow
French doctors study schoolchildren and warn that backward learning often stems from environment and health. They argue early talent in math does not predict genius and emphasize training of character, play, and careful school placement to aid development. Baseball note tells how Cy Young uses long distance calls to his farm, joking about the cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Corvimart
Napoleon
Fife
Parenta
Cy Young
Anid
Washington
Boston
Young
Cleveland
McConnell
Holy Family Portraits Reflect Racial Perceptions in Missionary Display
A colporteur shows New Year pictures of the Holy Family to a Sunday school, varying the race to match audiences. Children laugh at depictions with Chinese and Congo features, while the collector explains the Holy Family is made to resemble the people they serve to convey kinship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Joseph
Congo Penple
Mary
Colpertonr
Early 20th Century Ad Snippets and Odd Dialogues
A collage of quirky dialogue and brief notices appears, mixing informal conversations about mice and hair with short health and psychology blurbs. It touches on artistic environments shaping children, Dr Mitchells Eye Salve advertisements, and quick cures for ailments, presented in a newspaper-scan style.
Perjury, Oaths and Folklore Through the Ages
A San Francisco Chronicle reflection traces historic oaths and punishment for false swearing, noting how superstition shaped perjury fears. It recalls seventeenth century beliefs, vampire curses, and Hare’s foot charms cited by Pepys as tests of luck and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cao Bantes
San Francisco
California
Sperry
Iit
San Francisco Chronicle
Pepys
Clartat
How Presidents Died
A condensed list of U S presidents and merited causes of death: Washington laryngitis era Adams Madison Monroe Jefferson chronic diarrhea John Quincy Adams paralysis Andrew Jackson dropsy Martin Van Buren throat and lung catarrh William Henry Harrison pleurisy John Tyler unclear Polk cholera Taylor cholera morbus Fillmore paralysis Pierce dropsy Buchanan rheumatic gout Lincoln Garfield McKinley assassinations Johnson paralysis Grant tongue cancer Hayes neuralgia Arthur heart trouble Benjamin Harrison pneumonia Grover Cleveland heart failure after multiple diseases.
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United States
Washington
Adama
Madison
Monroe
Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
Jackson
van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Tyler
Polk
Taylor
Fillmore
Pierce
Huchanan
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Johnson
Grant
Hayes
Arthur
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Moon's Kidney Pills Cure for Civil War Kidney Ailment
James W. Clay of Baltimore reports chronic kidney trouble dating from the Civil War with back and head pain and painful secretions. Three boxes of Moon's Kidney Pills brought a complete cure and five years later no recurrence. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co New York Buffalo N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Clay
Fayette St
Baltimore
Moon
Foeter-Milburn Co
Nuffalo
Dorando Pietri Speaks on Amateurism at New York Banquets
Dorando Pietri, feted at a series of Italian banquets in New York, remarks that amateurism is more romantic than professionalism yet notes the era is not romantic. He recounts overhearing a dinner-table dialogue about love and wealth, illustrating modern unromantic temptations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorando Pietri
New York
Labater
Composer George Christie Relents After Harmful Song Incident
George Christie nephew of a famed minstrel and noted composer says he only regretted one collaboration. He helped set music to a lyric, but a newlywed couple in the next room sang it repeatedly driving him to despondence. He bought carbolic acid and sent it to the couple with a note claiming it would stop their heart from beating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Christie
Bert Fitzgibbon
Christie
Christte
Cure and remedies mixed at home and patents noted
An 19th century style catalog combines a home cough remedy using glycerine pine compound and whiskey with a claim of curing coughs in 24 hours. It cites a Wagner London visit, then shifts to Advice to Mothers on discipline and calm approaches at breakfast. It ends with Catarrh claims and Hall's Catarrh Cure sales pitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
London
Rossini
The Common Strain Mentioned In Thoughts On Brotherhood
The piece quotes Schuyler C. Woodhull urging recognition of the universal brotherhood in daily life. It recalls ordinary people like O A Kelley and a scene of log logging, ending with a reflection on humanity and mutual care across society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Brotherhood
Schuyler C. Woodhull
The
Bellman
Wood Pipes Endure for Water Systems Says U S Forestry Report
A U S forestry bureau report notes timber pipes saturated with water resist weathering and outperform metal in cost and heat retention. A two mile wood pipe line at Fayetteville, N C remains sound since 1829. Wood pipes cost less and resist electrolysis while cooling water in heat and warming it in cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Forestry Bureau
Fayettville
N.C
Quote Exchange Highlights Ballroom Flattery
A Washington column quotes a flirtation scene about Miss Pert praising a man at a ball. The reply hints the compliment masked thoughts on his mind. A second exchange notes a theater absence and a missed cue about propriety.
Improved Pumping System in California Wells
A system has been tried to separate gas from wells that yield both gas and water and run an engine to pump the water. The excerpt reflects Wisden's musings on wisdom as an end in itself rather than merely precept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Nearly a Hero on the Train Robbery
A Pullman car robbery unfolds as a masked gunman robs passengers while a frightened crowd complies. He pauses when a woman announces she is Miss Fay de Flutie, a famed actress, offering her jewels but the thief declares he is no press agent and keeps the wealth.
Woodsman's Fight With Wolves Near Garwood
Joseph Frost of Kenrom was attacked by two timber wolves near Garwood while returning from the bush. He defended himself with an ax until a passing Canadian Pacific freight train frightened the wolves into the woods. Frost wore torn clothes and a bloody ax, noting scarce rabbits have made wolves bolder this winter.
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Joseph Frost
Kenrom
Garwood
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Winnipeg Cor
St. Pan! Dispatch
Cure for Eczema With Cuticura Remedies
Miss Barbara Keal of Highlandtown Mil reports severe ten month eczema with intense itching and disfigurement. After specialist visits and failed remedies, four to five applications of Cuticura Ointment and two wet dressings relieved the itching and she claims full recovery.
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Sol
Barbara Keal
Highlandtown
Mil
Potter Doug A
Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Bostom
Wag Suggests Elderberries Over Mistletoe for Miss Oldvard
A playful remark proposes Miss Oldvard pose under elderberries rather than mistletoe berries as a seasonal tease. The comment reflects lighthearted humor in local chatter about holiday traditions.
Mix for Rheumatism Promoted as Cure All
An advertisement claims a home remedy for rheumatism using whiskey, Toria Compound, and Syrup Sarsuparilia Compound with doses before meals and at night. The text then shifts to a parent child scene about a boy whose speech is corrected, then later shows the boy praising a neighbor who swears nicely and uses many words.
Modern fashions shift from dolls to Paris influence
A fragmented note recalls fashion history with dolls carrying Parisian styles as London grows noisier and deadlier in street accidents. It cites quotes on common good and virtue, then mentions Eye Salve and a BromO brand umbrella as aged product pitches amid a chaotic public discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Hard to Understand and Fragments of Local Gossip
A tangle of remarks about doctors and X rays from Yonkers Statesman Domestic Finance and a wry exchange on income and meals from First Landlady. Lighter quips escalate to Uncle Silas about missing shirt buttons provoking domestic disputes in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacon
Egbert
Yonkers
Uncle Silas
Dreas
Los Geles Express
Would Sell His Chance
A humorous exchange where a patriotic gentleman tells a boy every American may become president, similar to an English boy becoming prime minister. The boy replies he will sell his chance for a dollar in a lighthearted moment.
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WM. A. Presse
Jones
Detroit
Rabbit
Harmiese
Sona
United States Office
Doriorm
Constantir
Joltim Beiener
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Obie
F J. Cheney &C
Abby Leach
Miss Leach
American School At
Athens
Middle States
Radcliffe
Harvard
Vassar
University of Leipsic
Camden
N.J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
W. P. Valentine
Lydia
Pinkham
Salter
Saaremaa
Eee Tren
Salter Seed CO
Atchison
Atchison Globe
Wag
Demosthenes
J. H. Newman
Howard Bros
Buffalo
Africa
Castorla
Hicks’ Capudine
Syrup Co
Oruogis
Parker
Carters
W.l.douglas
Trea
W. L. Douglas
Spark St
Breckion
Mass
Oonsaene
Maniples
Tosique Company
Butinad
Sloan
Aonere
Price
Earl S. Sloan
Cardus
Rena Hare
Pierce, Fla
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